Quotes About Routine

To change yourself or other people, you've got to change habits

40% of U.S. adults do not always wash their hands after using the bathroom at home.

forming a habit isn't all environmental—it's also mental.

what action triggers do is create an "instant habit." Habits are behavioral autopilot, and that's exactly what action triggers are setting up.

By preloading a decision, they created an instant habit.

Focus on building habits. When you create habits, you get the new behavior "for free" (think of the stand-up meetings), and you're less likely to backslide.

the common perception that time seems to accelerate as we get older. Our lives become more routine and less novel. We're seeing more and more brown shoes and fewer alarm clocks. Now

The more instinctive a behavior becomes, the less self-control from the Rider it requires, and thus the more sustainable it becomes.

The status quo feels comfortable and steady because much of the choice has been squeezed out. You have your routines, your ways of doing things.

Even the most startling adventure, sooner or later, must become routine.

Her life was one endless loop that she raced around, with steep banked curves so she could never change or slow down. It just delivered her back to herself, over and over and over.

Habits are either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

I've managed to do movies and still keep a lifestyle where I can go to ballgames, go to a grocery store like everybody else.

they still made the feather tick bust a seam once or twice a month

The clock tells you it's time to wake up. One machine giving instructions to another.

He had a reputation for clearing his desk of every file before leaving every day. Without a haystack, he felt, you can't lose any needles.

Du bist Nummer 55«, sagt Marga. Manuela blickt auf zu der Nummer über ihrem Schrank. Eine schwarze 55. »Deine Kleider tragen die Nummer 55. Deine Schuhe gehören in die Stiefelkammer in das Fach 55, dein Mantel und dein Hut kommen unten neben dem Hauseingang in die Garderobe, Abteilung 55. Deine Waschkabine ist Nummer 55, ebenso dein Bett.« Manuela fühlte, wie sie langsam zu Nummer Fünfundfünfzig wurde.

Die Glocke reißt Gedankengänge ab in der Schulstunde, schneidet Plaudereien in der Pause auseinander, trennt Freundinnen im Garten, macht Herzklopfen vor unangenehmen Schulstunden, reißt einem die Tasse vom Mund beim Frühstück. Die Glocke ist Befehl. Unpersönlicher, gnadenloser, ewig gleichbleibender Ordner eines ereignislosen Daseins.

I have a fear of being boring.

It's clear to me now that for twenty years I have gone through the motions of each day like a dumb animal, neither daring to hope for a different kind of life nor even knowing enough to desire one.

Well, then," Mrs. Byrne says. "Let's get back to work. Dorothy, your suitcase is in the foyer. We'll discuss sleeping arrangements at supper." She turns to leave, then adds, "We keep strict hours for mealtimes. Breakfast at eight, lunch at twelve, supper at six. There is no snacking between meals. Self-discipline is one of the most important qualities a young lady can possess.

Courage is not my leading virtue. I've always avoided change of any sort, operating on the principle of safety first. I married a "safe" man. I've made my living performing humdrum work, work that bored other people so much that they'd pay someone else to do it.

You won't see me in a better mood than 4:00 in the morning on my way to work.

I'm always in bed by 11 or 12 and people laugh all the time - they want me to hang out until two in the morning, but n-n-no, I need my nine hours.